Portable lamp.



PORTABLE` LAMP. vAPPLICATION FILED APR. `3. 1909.`

Patented Jiy 27,1909.

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Arronnfrs A OLIVER A. LovELisss, or WATERSMEET, MICHIGAN..

' PORTABLE LAM?.

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` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application led April 3, 1909. Serial No. 487,639.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER A.:L0vELEss, a citizen of thel United States, and ay resident oi Watersmeet, in the county of Gogebic and Staterof Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Portable. Lamp, oi which the Jfollowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptio'n.'-

The invention an improvement :in prtable lamps for campers, hunters', etc., 'and consists in general of a portablegasfrenerator, preferablyl acetylene, areilector raving anvinner concave reflecting surface, and a burner arranged within the reiiector atv the center' and havinga su ply connection with the generator, the re ectoribeing perma nently openat' the front for the escape of' heat, and with the walls of, the reflector around the burner imperiorate to prevent.

the passage oi the air-therethrough in moving forward andthns extinguishing the light.' The invention further contemplates the construction of the reiiector in a manner to be interchangeable with either a helmet or crown and a supportin standard;

Reference is to be ha to the accompanying drawmgs forming a part or' this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresppnding parts in all the-views. Flgurel illustrates m improved portable lam as assembled an constructed to be carried on 'the p rso l; Fig. 2 is a view of the same as a plied'ft'o a supporting standard inv the bow o a boat 31s la central vertical' Sectionl throng thel''reiiector andV crown shown mFig, 1' 'Figgft is a central vertical section through the a 'petylene generator subl p AFigs. 1 and 2,y the marginal a e 300i; the

stantially on the. line 44-4 of Figr; andFig.

5 is a cross-section of the same'on the line l.

5-5 Of Flo'. 4. 'I v A porteble generator vfor the reduction o f acetylene gas forms a feature o the invention, and2 `as shown in detail in Fig. 4, em-

' bodies in its construction an cuter Water tank 10, aninnercalcium carbid tank 11 and a cover '121 the cover. being connected to and su porting the carbid tank by: a central up;l rig t stem 13 which. is threaded.- into the outer central boss 14 of theicov r and is formed integral or otherwise ri idly attached' Jwith the walls of an upwar ly-extending i pocket 16 formed in the base-oi. the tank 11,

the said pocket 'being closed at the boomcfv the carbld tank by a perforated slide 17 `and communicating at its upper end through, er-

.it'orationsfl18, with the. carbid ztank. A he,

slide 17 admits of the passage ofwater into sorbent material 19. In'gtrdditiim"to the supf I port afforded thecarbidt/ank by the stem 13 this tank is further supported from the water tank at both the sides and bottom, by bowed springs 20. Both the water and carbid tanks have' inwardly-turned iianges 21. and

22 respectively, providing a seat for a gasket.

23 interposed betweenjthe'tanks 4and cover, and forminga gas-tight )o lnt when the cove;` 1s secured' in' place.- This securing of the cover is accomplished by the upwardly-projecting'studs 251 lattached to the side of the Water tank and having thumb-nuts 25 bearino' on the upper face of the cover. .v

n the boss4 14 is-threaded a manusllycontrolled cock' 26,. the inner stem or'thread-- 1 ed portion `of which is counterbored or en# larged to receive la conical screen 27,'Wl11ch. operates to strain the gas as 1t passes from the generator. The -gas leaving the carbid passes lthrough passages 28 of the cover, ar-

.mused about the `upper threaded portion of p the stem 13. Y i

A dished reflector 29 is constructed with a rearwardly-turned marginal flange 30 and is provided'at the center with aburner 31 with which the generator connects through ia iiexible tube 32'.4 -The front of the reflec-l tor remains permanentlyopen in order that the heat from tlie'biurhcrmayrapidly esca e, and the walls- 'ector around the 'urner 'are imperfratez; prevents the airfrom blowing throilglathe reflector and extinguishing thelight'. t

In thatkiorm .off i`ny invention shown in ector is detaohablyjconnecte r by; scrbws orv bolts33, to inWardly=converging armsll and 35,-the 'arm 35 being made in two sectionsywith' the lower vsection providedwith soy a loop .36 and the upper sectionftogcther' with 'the arm 34att'ached--tothe' top centrall portion ofthe crown`37. The -rivet or other similar device.- connecting the arms'fiandg;

35 to the crown alsov assesthroughfand vcures the head mem ers off-the crown togethei. atl the point of intersection. :The I ower ends-of these head` members are-each x 36, similar .to andin provided with a loop a plane with the-loog v 36, all of which receive` an adjustable iieirib e b lt -38 toy secure-.the crown to the head* yWhenthe, reflecto'rjis applied to the, crown, the'- enerator 's strapped'about the Waist,rior.w 'chpurpos p la. waist-beltl 39,' is

through a keeper 40 secu-red to theside of the water tank 10.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the lampv applied to a boat, for which purpose the boat 1s provided with a standard 41 secured within the bow or stern and having outwardly-diverging arms 42 connected together at their in-` ner ends and revoluble on the upper portion of the standard, at which'point the joined portion of the arms isprovided with a handle 43, to swing the arms 'laterally to any angle. The standard is composed of two sections adjustably pivoted or hinged to- With the lamp thus mounted,-

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of a portable gas gen- 'I .erat,or, a dished reector v having a rearwardly-turned ange, a burner-in the refiec-. tor having a supplyxconnection with the generator, and a ,support .for the reector having outwardly extending arms, connected to the flan e.

2. The'com ination of a gas generator,- a croyvh having an. adjustable head `stra1o and `provided 'with outwardly and ,forward y extending arms, va reiector connected to and supported onthe outer end portions-of the arms,7 a burner within the reflector, Iand a supply tube passing from thegenerator to the burner. l

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.4 y Y OLIVER-A'. LOVEL'ESS.'

Witnesses: 1 A. C. BROWNELL,

NICHOLAS D/MURPHY.

In testimonyn whereof. I have signed 

